Japan is known as the 'Land of the Rising Sun.' The reason is due to its location, which is to the east of the Asian ...

However, one detail about Inauguration Day has been causing debate among Congress and state leaders, and that is whether the American flag will be raised. According to the U.S. Flag Code ...

H. Lavity Stoutt College. Photo Instagram. The Government of the Virgin Islands plans to introduce new laws to improve education, youth affairs, and sports. Governor Daniel Pruce outlined the ...

Densely populated areas on the main islands of Honshu and Shikoku could be hit by huge waves within a few minutes. Last August the Japan Meteorological Association (JMA) issued its first megaquake ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) will raise American flags at the California Capitol on Monday for a limited time during President-elect Trump’s inauguration, according to his office.

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom will temporarily raise the American Flag at the state Capitol to full height on Inauguration Day next week, joining a handful of GOP governors and ...

We’re a climbing group. We’re on the San Juans, an archipelago in Washington state, not far from Victoria, B.C. There are 172 named islands and reefs, but we’re here to see the three most ...

Flags will be flown at full-staff on Jan. 20 for Donald Trump's inauguration as president, despite an order from President Biden to lower the flags to half-staff in remembrance of the late ...

Several Republican governors across the U.S. are ordering state flags, which are currently being flown at half-staff following President Jimmy Carter’s death, to be raised to acknowledge Preside ...

GOP governors of at least eight states ordered flags to be flown at full-staff on President-elect Trump’s Inauguration Day, bucking tradition by raising flags before the end of a customary 30 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson of Louisiana, speaks during a ceremony as the flag-draped casket of former ...